VICTIMS AIMED IN RASHES HUN RAIDS
Two fatal and two-plus injury crashes occurred Wednesday night as eight people were hurt in separate incidents near Massillon Canton road and Reed urban. Martin H. s, 57, painter, died after a Massillon bus crash. Zellers and Trump questioned, one car owned by Zellers. American forces fight Cantigny with heavy artillery and German counterattacks, 240 German prisoners taken.
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Martin H. S
Fifth-st NE
Cantona UK
Reed
Massillon-Canton-rd
Marks
Massillon
Canton
R Zellers
Grove
Tured
Trump
Sherood
Zellers
Harry
Zellers Nor
of Marks
Cat
Corods
Norwood
German Offense In Soissons Drive Backs Vast German Losses
World War I dispatch reports German forces in the Soissons offensive have lost at least 520000 men. The German army, with around 260 divisions deployed, faced heavy casualties as French and Allied troops press the advance. The action continues with substantial German attrition noted in official sums.
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Soissons
Hss
Oberlin Receives Arts Degree for Patriotic Service
Benjamin G. Oberlin formerly of the Daily News and stationed at Camp Sherman earned an Arts degree from Western University Cleveland. He was among 33 men who completed most college work while serving and are recognized for patriotic service.
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Benjamin G. Oberlin
The
Daily News
Camp Sherman
Western University
Cleveland
Enior
Jamin Harrison
Ind
Oberlin
Uni
Weather forecast and local ad blurbs
East Ohio forecast calls for warmer Friday as Wenigher trends. A Ford truck driver ad appears for Peat's Grocery Co. listings.
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Ohio
Wenigher
Ford Truck
Ap- Peat's Grocery Co
Adv
Germans Bomb French Hospital Wounding Americans
German airmen bombed hospitals housing American and French wounded soldiers near the battle front on Tuesday night. Several patients were injured a French nurse was killed and civilians suffered deaths in the town.
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France
U. P
Battle Front
Decoration Day Parade and Services Planned by G A R
Hundreds join Decoration Day events as the G A R conducts a parade from the post room to the First M E church and a service at Westlawn cemetery. John McTammany honored for Civil War service and inventor of the player piano. The Star Spangled Banner opens the church observance with Rev G E Jackson giving the invocation and Rev Harry Vail handling scripture.
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M. E
Westlawn Cemetery
John McTammany
G. A. R. McTammany
Stamford, Conn
Marketav
Tuscarawasst
M. BE
Grand Army Band
G. E. Jackson
Harry Vail
The
Free
Internal troubles halt Austrian offensive plan
The Austrian led offensive against Italy is paralyzed by internal disorders in Austria Hungary according to a Stinisbruck dispatch dated May 30.
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Geneva
U. P
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Stinisbruck
Wounded Soldier Returns Home to Civilian Life
A Canton Daily News correspondent describes Canadian Soldiers Aid efforts to rehabilitate wounded veterans after shell shock. Many are treated for mental strain and trained for suitable occupations, with Ontario reporting 23 000 wounded among 200 000 enlisted. officials praise their fitness and morality upon return. The piece notes a shift to civilian life and announces the Grand Opera House staging of The Keys to Baldpate by the Senior Class Play.
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Soldiers Aid Commission
Canada
Soldiers’ Aid Committee
Ontario
William Banks
Toronto
Soldiers’ Aid Commission of
Baldpate
Ady
Grand Opera House
Sons of the Flag pledge in wartime ode
Poem salutes the blue and gray troops with lines honoring Grant Lee and God as the North and South unite on battlefield fields. The piece envisions the sons of the flag advancing under shared spirit, invoking regional identities and national resolve.
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France
Grant
Sons of the North
Lee
Canton Veterans Escort 76 Selectmen to Columbus for Departure
In 1862 fashion 20 Grand Army veterans bade Godspeed to 76 Canton select men headed for Columbus. Captain Alfred Garner led the escort as the Canton Marine Corps band played the Star Spangled Banner and a large crowd bid farewell at 6:55 AM.
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Grand Army
McKinley Post
Godspeed
Canton Select
Columbus
Alfred Garner
Canton Marine Corps
South Board
North Board
Grey Head
Canton
Canton Marine Band
J. M. Krolezick
North Lawrence
Norton Board
Court House
George H. Clark
Registration Board
Charles M. Ball
E. E. Schell
W. J. Morgan
Columus
Alliance
Salem
Garner
Cantonians
Berlin
Playgrounds to Train for War This Summer
Children at public playgrounds will be taught useful war work during the summer. Activities include knitting and gardening to aid in service, with play hours preserved for a balance of work and fun. Grace McGowan, formerly director here, spoke on Cleveland’s handling of playgrounds, and committees were formed.
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Playground Association
Grace McGowan
Cleveland
Pollidino Acquitted In Stabbing Case
Peter Pollidino faced charges of stabbing Nick Fiore with intent to wound in a South Cherry Street incident on April 20. A Court of Common Pleas jury found Pollidino not guilty Wednesday after a street row occurred in the city.
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Peter Pollidino
Nick Fiore
Court of Common Pleas
Pollidino
South Cherry-st
Germans Advance 16 Miles on Aisne Front Take Soissons
News from Paris and London reports the German line pushing beyond 16 miles on the Aisne front with Soissons in their hands. Allied forces defend key outskirts and towns including Brouillet Thillois and Rheims as French and British resist with reserves. Cantigny Falls to German capture.
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Aisne
Soissons
Paris
U. P
Aisne Front
War Office
Soissons-Hartennes
Hartennes
Pere-ln- Tardenois
Vezilly
Fere-En-Tardenois
Brouillet
Thillois
Rheims
St. Thierry
London
French
German War Office
Coucy-Le Chateau
Terny
Ambrief
Charre Charris
Louveigne
Broillet
Rheins
Cantigny
Montdidier
Flanders
Haig
Kemunet
French Defeat Raids on Paris
Paris reported air raids in several areas last night with an attack on the city repelled by aerial barrage. Bombs fell in the suburbs and one enemy plane was shot down in flames.
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London
U. P
Route A Kepp
Festubert
Field Marshal Haig
Paris
New Draft Drive Targets Ohio Slacker Delinquents
Federal order to AP L officers launches a statewide roundup of selective service delinquents in Ohio. Draftees must carry a late classification card or face arrest until officials confirm full compliance. Canton operatives will demand proof of updated status under Justice Department oversight.
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Ohio
Net
Liberty
American Protective League
Protective League
Department of Justice
Special Word Rolls Sale at Kenny's Ady Store
Kenny's Ady markets offer half price on word rolls for Thursday Friday and Saturday. Local shoppers can save on a limited time bakery sale.
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Kenny’s, Ady
Pershing Men Break Up Three Raid Attempts
American forces in Lorraine repelled three German raiding parties during a gas attack. One party of about 50 was driven off before reaching lines, a second of 50 sent 14 into trenches with 10 killed and four captured, and a third of 50 was mowed down as they fled leaving several dead on the ground.
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Lorraine
Pellmell
Auto Drops To Creek Three Die
Three women died and another woman and two men were badly injured when their car plunged from the Nine Mile bridge near Huntington West Virginia early this morning. The deceased were Fannie Oliver Ruby Long and Annie Shepherd. The injured Cynthia Jones Carl Kirtley and Thomas Fisher could not rescue them.
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Huntington
W. Va
U. P
Nine Mile Bridge
Here
Fannie Oliver
Ruby Long
Annie Shepherd
Cynthia Jones
Carl Kirtley
Thomas Fisher
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Thomas F. Enright
Enright
McTammany
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Marketav II
Austria
Maud E. Marshall
Canton Daily News
Federal Motor Trucks
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the Sons of the Flag
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Kemmel
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J. Taylor
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